TUESDAY 17 JUNE 2014
The Runner: powerful documentary film about Sahrawi athletic champion and freedom fighter Salah Ameidan. 7pm Summerhall. Free. Presented by Scotland African Film Festival ‘Africa in Motion’ as part of Refugee Week 2014.
Scottish Women Poets of the 17th & 18th centuries: a talk by Dr Sarah Dunnigan. 6pm, Conference Room, Central Library, George IV Bridge. Booking via eventbrite.
You’ve had a cycling accident – what next? – 19,000 cyclists are injured in UK reported road accidents annually. Many don’t claim compensation. Legal expert Julie Harris of Allan McDougall Solicitors will give you the low down on how to make a legal claim, and why it may be bad for other cyclists if you don’t. Free entry. 12-1pm, Allan McDougall Solicitors, 3 Coates Crescent. Part of Edinburgh Festival of Cycling. (Also available on Thursday 19th, same time.)
Crystallography Matters! Dr Stephen Moggach talks about Pressure, Pores and Pockets: X-ray diffraction of ‘nearly’ empty space. 6.30-7.30pm (doors open 6pm) Cairns Lecture Theatre, Summerhall, 1 Summerhall. Free tickets can be booked via eventbrite. Part of the 2014 International Year of Crystallography.
Edible Gardening – Seasonal Advice: drop in to learn how to grow your own food, and take a look around the productive garden with the Edible Garden Project Team. 1-3pm, Royal Botanic Garden. All ages, free, no booking required.
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